It has been a brilliant year for Chris Gotterup already as he takes the PGA Tour by storm, and he’s just ticked a trip to Augusta National off his bucket list.
Gotterup has shot up the world rankings in 2026 and now sits at number six after recording wins at the Sony Open in Hawaii and the WM Phoenix Open.
Speaking to the press ahead of his return to action and his first time playing at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Gotterup was asked about his recent trip to Augusta.
Gotterup has always avoided even thinking about playing at Augusta until it’s a “meaningful round.” Now that he’s qualified for The Masters, it was time to take that step and get a feel for the surroundings.
Discussing his favorite hole on the prestigious course, Gotterup said: “I think 7 for me was the one that’s just so simple, but you just have to hit a good tee ball and you have to hit the right shot coming into the green.
“Just visually when you step on the tee box you’re like, ‘Wow, this hole is really cool looking.’ I think that, because you see all the other ones all the time and all the shots on 13, 18, 12, that’s one of the holes that maybe gets slept on.”
As well as buying some hats, some gifts for his family and girflriend, and a pack of playing cards at the Augusta club shop, Gotterup also used the trip to get his bearings ahead of his first time playing at The Masters next month.
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Outlining what he learned about the course, Gotterup said: “The chute on 18 is much tighter than TV gives it credit for.
“I would say, like 2 with no people there, the green is so wild because it looks so massive on TV and obviously the framing of all the people behind you. It’s just like the green’s just thrown in like perfect grass obviously. So it looked much smaller and different.
“Then I would say the first green was much more severe than TV gives it credit for. So like you have obviously a tough tee ball and then you have to hit a good second shot to be able to get it…
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